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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 11, 1772
Page
4
A male observer laments perceived female gallantry and public fashions while recounting his own marriage as a cautionary tale. He reflects on temptations, honesty, and anxieties about infidelity, contrasting his prior opinions with a bruising mistrust of his wife’s fidelity and social mixing.
A Citizen of the World challenges a liberal gentleman from the Middlesex Journal to rethink claims that English beggars reflect national traits. The writer questions the idea that ragged beggars are solely Scots, noting many may be Highlanders yet wearing tattered coats and dirty garb. He mocks prejudiced assumptions by proposing a test involving bagpipes and appearances.
Atlantic affairs dominate the discourse as Madrid Lisbon tensions flare and Russia Turkey Poland and Britain brace for conflicts. Parliament debates the India Bill while the House weighs corn prices. Dr Solander and Mr Banks ordered to explore toward 60 degrees south seeking new land for discovery.
A long-winded note reports an officer expected to face a court martial, noted for erecting a statue to the Duke of Cumberland in Cavendish Square. It mentions a controversial marriage, an offered separate maintenance, and a failed royal visit request via Cox. Also covers Veal prices in Poole, trials for three youths with five guineas fines, and various local gossip.
The publication notes that CORRESPONDENTS Historicus will be postponed and appear in the next issue alongside TRUTH and others. It mentions that Equity is in hand and that X.Y. is received and will receive an answer within a few days.
Financial notes show stock prices and government bonds with percent rates and quotations. Names of churches and clerks appear alongside market figures, including a 3 per cent red and 3 per cent open quotes, with various bonds and annuities referenced. The OCR text combines religious references with financial data and dated 1751 context.
The printer of the Gazetteer has moved his business from Newgate Street to his late father’s house at No 10 Ave-Marta lanes Fe The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser and his Weekly Paper will be printed and published there Essays Articles of Intelligence and Advertisements will be received there.
W Dickey Grand Secretary declares a Middlesex Journal paragraph about Duke of Athol and Grand Lodge to be false and harmful. He asserts no hint about Modern Masons or their masters in the Duke's letter, dated April 14, 1772, urging calm and truth.
The merchants and traders who use their own carts are called to a general meeting at the Swan Inn Fish Street Hall on Thursday April 16 at five o clock in the afternoon. The meeting will review the committee report on the Carmien hire carting claim and its impact on using private carts for conveyance from the water side. Attendance of all affected gentlemen is earnestly requested.
Joseph Strutt offers King’s and Patent Jacks that rotate meat horizontally from ends or center with minimal oil and no spitting. Patent reflectors roast large or small quantities with less fire, keeping dripping clean. Sold at Glass Warehouse London, Little Prescot Street Goodman's Fields.
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